Fleetwood Mac "Hold Me"

A doctor from Massachusetts complained that the on-hold music CVS used haunted him "day and night" so he penned a letter asking for them to change it. Guess what happened? CVS agreed. Good news for CVS shoppers -- their stores will continue to play the soft rock tunes this blog commemorates. Phew!

Climie Fisher - "Love Changes Everything"

Sometimes a fresh coat of paint is all a song needs to achieve success.  Case in point: the British duo by the lovely name Climie Fisher released the pop song "Love Changes Everything" in 1987.  While the song achieved mild success, a year later it was remixed and re-released helping it garner much more fanfare and radio airplay.  This is the reason you now hear the tune while attempting to figure out where the checkout line at CVS begins.

Bruce Hornsby - "Fields of Gray"

Adult Contemporary radio in 1993 featured "Fields of Gold" and "Fields of Gray"--the former from Sting and the latter from Bruce Hornsby.  While Sting's "Gold" dominated, Hornsby's "Gray" quickly disappeared from the radio.  Like many songs on Growing Up Adult Contemporary, this song still turns up on the overheard speaker at CVS.

Elton John - "Something About The Way You Look Tonight"

The greatest selling single of all-time is a song that you likely haven't heard since a late-night trip to CVS.  Elton John's record company packaged the Princess Diana version of "Candle in the Wind 1997" with "Something About the Way You Look Tonight".  Thirty-three million copies of the single were sold world-wide with all profits going to The Princess Diana Foundation.

The Pointer Sisters - "He's So Shy"

Again we take a stroll down the dental care aisle at our neighborhood CVS when we're greeted by music over the loudspeaker playing the travesty known as "He's So Shy" by The Pointer Sisters.  Act Mouthwash is how much?!?  No matter your feelings on the song, "He's So Shy" is so easy to get stuck in your head that you'll leave CVS without buying what you actually went there to buy.

Breathe - "How Can I Fall?"

The Brit-Pop group Breathe scored a #1 Adult Contemporary hit in 1988 with "How Can I Fall?".  It's another is the series of Soft Rock Songs That You Hear While Waiting at the CVS Prescription Counter.